- Date
- December 23, 1981
- Place
- Lake Oroville, CA · LAKE OROVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4644ERobertson A185F
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811223081199A
- Case key
- 123101
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3346 81/12/23 LAKE OROVILLE,CA ROBERTSON A185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N4644E PX- 1 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 1900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE OROVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OROVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4644E
- Reported as
- Robertson A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Oroville
N4644ERegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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